Dear Family,
You have always told me “That if nobody else got you that we got you.” Those words have stuck with me since i was a little boy. When I first started playing sports in the fifth grade i depended on y’all all the time for stuff. Mom has never been a big fan of sports but I convinced her to let me play basketball. Now I’m trying to convince her to let me play football again. Dad never has really cared that much. My older brother is the one who supports me no matter what i do. He always has that's why i support him so much. He started me into sports he got me on a football team. He later got me on a basketball team and I have played ever since. My older sister is the same way she has supported me through everything. But now my sister is about to have her second kid. I’m all happy about it and all but it's like my mom and dad ain't so excited i don't know why.
Well lately my family aint have each others back. Ever since my older cousin died and my brother’s ex said she was pregnant and that it was my brother’s kid. It all started in October of 2015 when one day while I was in school around 1:00. Something felt wrong in my heart like I just knew something bad had happened. I had a basketball game that night and it was a big game too we had to travel all the way to Zanesville. We knew we would win the game the other team wasn't that good but it was a long trip on a school bus. We jumped off to a good start that night leading going into halftime 45-20. During halftime in the locker room my phone started ringing it was my mom. I thought she was calling to check on me.
I was very wrong, she had called to tell me my older cousin had died I was devastated.She was thirty-three and died of an “Brain Aneurysm”. I last saw her at my last game just three days before. She was behind our bench talking to me on what to do when i did get out the game. My whole family was devastated everybody at the hospital with a look on their face of pure sadness like we all just watched our best friend die right in front of us. After that nobody looked out for each other it was like you were alone on a battlefield just trying to find a way to safety. Then later on in November my brother’s ex said she was pregnant and it was his. That was the perfect icing on the cake.
My mom just went into a depressed state. My sister was five times as worse. My sister couldn't sleep at night or even be at home by herself. Never could I imagine a thirty year old to be afraid to be alone, alone in their own house, thinking there is a ghost following them. She said that she could her my older cousin’s voice ever she went like it was her ghost following her. My brother was devastated that his own blood sister would not believe him over a girl that she only she knew because of him. He said she was different behind closed doors but she just wouldn’t believe him. Dad was just in total awe of what was happening. He said he has always tried to keep the family together and at peace. But this time there was no keeping peace it was like a third world war everybody for themselves. In situations where we needed each other most no had each other’s back. Shocking right? Continuous arguing for months straight between whole family. Fast forward a year later everything back to normal at least i think.
I wonder how long this peace will last? I see now how “Death and lies can tear people apart”.
